Girijananda Chowdhury Institute of Management and Technology | |
Motto: | Truth, Discipline & Excellence |
Principal: | Thuleswar Nath |
Campus: | Suburban, 5 acres |
Undergrad: | 1320[1] |
Postgrad: | 180 |
Faculty: | 100 (approximately) |
City: | Guwahati |
State: | Assam |
Country: | India |
Free Label: | Acronym |
Free: | GIMT |
Girijananda Chowdhury Institute of Management and Technology (GIMT) is an institute offering degree level technical courses in the State of Assam in the non-government sector established by Shrimanta Shankar Academy (SSA) Society. The college was established with permission from the state government and approval by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE),[2] and is affiliated to Assam Science and Technology University.[3]
It is affiliated to Assam Science and Technology University.[4] All the undergraduate Bachelor of Engineering courses as well as Master of Business Administration and Master of Computer Application programmes are recognized by the AICTE.[5]
GIMT is located at Hathkhowapara, Azara, Guwahati,[6] near the National Highway 37, 7 km to the east of Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport and 20 km to the west of Guwahati Railway Station and 4 km to the north of Azara Railway Station.
The Institute has Boys' as well as Girls' Hostel inside its premises. All the rooms of the hostels (both Boys' and Girls') are of twin sharing basis and fully secured with 24/7 security personnel.
The GIMT undergraduate program is for Bachelor of Technology. The institute also offers Bachelor of Computer Application (BCA), Bachelor of Science (B. Sc) and Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in the respective Departments. It offers postgraduate level programs like Master of Technology, Master of Business Administration and Master of Computer Application. Also PhD programs are offered in some branches of Engineering and in Business Administration.
To deal with the laboratory and practical components of the syllabi, the institute has 23 departmental laboratories.[7]
There is a Gym, sports common rooms, an ATM, a hygienic canteen inside the campus of the institute.
As part of extracurricular activities, a sports week is organised in January. Competitions in cricket, football, volleyball, badminton, table tennis, carrom, chess, cyber games, etc. are organised.
Every year the students and administration of GIMT organize a festival cum competition called Euphuism, usually in the last week of January. Sports and cultural events are held during the festival.
The featured cultural events of the festival include the "DJ Nite" and the "Prime Nite" where artists and bands perform to huge audiences. The other events include:
Games such as Eating Competition, Rangoli Making Competition, Antakshari, Blind Date, Tug of War, Balancing Competition are organized.
GIMT launched a youth awareness campaign during the annual fest EUPHUISM 2010, called Yuva – Redefining Dreams, with the tagline "All we need is Youth and a Dream..." Latest event being held: GIMT Euphuism'14.[8]
GIMT published the first edition of its wall magazine Uttaran in mid-2009. The first edition was bilingual in Assamese and English. From the second edition it was published separately in Assamese and English.
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